BookElementaryMiddle SchoolFilm Director

How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Lessons: Learn how to write, direct, and edit your own film without a Hollywood budget (Super Skills)

Robert Blofield

Why we picked it

Each chapter tackles one filmmaking step — from brainstorming to credits — with crisp diagrams, pro tips, and low-tech hacks using smartphones and cardboard.

Our review

Each chapter tackles a single step—from brainstorming to adding credits—with crisp diagrams and “pro tips” that demystify lighting, sound, and editing. Low-tech hacks (phone tripods from cardboard!) prove anyone can shoot a scene on a shoestring. Quick quizzes reinforce vocabulary like “storyboard” and “cutaway.” A confidence-boosting starter kit for the next school-film-festival star.

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Career pages on ImagineMyFuture that list this resource.

Film DirectorDirectors break large productions into manageable steps and delegate tasks to their team, and this book teaches kids the same structured, step-by-step approach to managing a creative project.

About this book

From the product listing

It's show time! This Super Skills title introduces budding filmmakers to the world of movie making. Using the amazing cameras available on cell phones and tablets, kids can learn the filming and editing basics for developing their own movies. Is your story a comedy? A drama? Are you documenting an event? From the "pre-production" basics of plot and script to the fun of getting to know cameras, camera angles, moving shots, and lighting, How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Lessonstakes you through the full production process. Discover tips for sharp editing, learn the difference between long shots and wide angles, explore tips for writing a clever script, and much more.

Resource details

Resource type: Book
Age ranges: Elementary, Middle School
Careers: Film Director
Good for kids who are: Artistic, Enterprising; Based on its careers · What is RIASEC?
Author: Robert Blofield

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